We’re just going to have fun. No big goals. No tough challenges. For our Train the Dog Month Challenge, Honey and I are going to have a good time doing tricks for treats. But sometimes the dog changes the plan. Or some human changes the plan and blames it on the dog. Honey Goes Sailing …
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Making Money With My Dog
Yesterday we mailed my estimated tax payment. My husband is paying bills as I write. We just put a deposit on a sailing vacation. Life is expensive. It’s time to figure out how to make money with my dog. Money Making Dog Which of these do you think I should try with Honey? Sports Illustrated …
The Happy Side of Fostering – Blog the Change for Animals
Blog the Change for Animals meets real life. Because as I write this, I’m getting ready to say goodbye to our latest foster dog, Ginny. And I’m happy. In truth, there are lots of happy moments in fostering. But when I tell someone I foster dogs, their reply is, “Oh I could never do that. …
The Way They Go
Once every hundred mornings or so, Pam will sleep in a bit, and will thereafter sit down to her blog a little later than usual. The dog(s), however, who get up each day at the same time, eat each day at the same time, and get walked each day at the same time, will, on …
Keep Calm – Good for the Dog; Good for You
I can learn a lot from my golden retriever Honey about dealing with nuisances. Honey lies down to chew her bone. Ginny, our foster beagle, grabs the bone out of Honey’s mouth. Once Ginny tires of the bone, she walks on Honey’s face. No reaction. So Ginny grabs the end of Honey’s tail and pulls. …
What It’s Like Having a Reactive Dog
I remember the 5 a.m. walks. Scanning the distant horizon for other dogs. And the panic I felt when an off-leash dog ran up to us while his person yelled, “Don’t worry. He’s friendly.” I experienced those things with three different dogs. My current companion, Honey, is not a reactive dog. Or at least her …
Pet Blogger Challenge 2014 – Something Wagging’s Multimedia Extravaganza
You think the Pet Blogger Challenge is answering a bunch of great questions about why you do what you do to connect with other bloggers. But it isn’t. The real Pet Blogger Challenge is to write an entertaining piece that says what you want to say without seeming like a jerk for not answering the …
Make Dog Chores More Fun
People are always talking about how much work it takes to have a dog. You have to walk them, groom them, clean up after them. I don’t think it’s hard work. I think we just need a way to make dog chores fun. A Spin Doctor Makes Dog Chores Fun Remember when used cars became …
Repeat After Me. She’s. Not. My. Dog.
As this post is published, I’m taking our foster dog Ginny to the SPCA for her follow-up vet appointment. It’s likely she won’t be coming back to us. And although I’ve written on this very blog that fostering is more about the love than it is about the loss, I can’t stop crying. I’m less …
The Daily Dog Tag – Pet Blogger’s Gift Exchange
What’s more beautiful? Great photographs of dogs having fun? Or the thought of every dog finding a loving home? In Daily Dog Tag, you get both. Beth Patterson features the best pet photographers. But she also emphasizes gorgeous images that give a homeless dog a better chance to find a forever home. One photographer featured recently, …